I’m a former Labour Party member, resigned my membership earlier this year when they tried to cut PIP. I’m not a fan of Rachel Reeves, but I do feel there’s a hint of misogyny in the “Rachel from accounts” label. I don’t remember other chancellors getting labelled as much, despite catastrophic (very recent) budgets.
The nickname came from her exaggerating a previous role on her CV, something that she corrected when it was exposed. To the best of my knowledge, no previous Chancellor, however bad they may have been, had ever done this, so I repeat that the fact that she is a woman is irrelevant.
It’s a bizarre world that we live in if you cannot criticise a woman who does something wrong purely because she is a woman, and that to do so is misogynistic. I tend to recall the same lame accusations when Angela Rayner was exposed as having somewhat dodgy property dealings.
Misogyny, where it occurs, is a serious issue and should be treated as such, but to hide behind it in order to dilute criticism of wrongdoing is very wrong indeed and should be called out for what it is – smoke-screening.